Dialogical Difficulty: Re-Reading Plato’s Meno

对话困难：重读柏拉图的《美诺》

Dr Ian Leask

WHU Philosophy Spring Seminar Series

Abstract

Plato’s Meno – in which an uneducated slave apparently demonstrates innate geometrical understanding – is often assumed to provide a paradigmatic example of what philosophical dialogue might achieve. This paper considers, instead, whether the assumption of clear and transparent conversation might mask various problematic, even aporetic, issues. Furthermore, I want to consider whether the Meno might provoke wider questions about the general efficacy of dialogue – and so, in turn, whether it might show Plato himself to question what might seem ‘obviously Platonic’.  

About the Speaker

Dr Ian Leask，Lecturer in Philosophy，Dublin City University

When and Where·

When: 15:00-17:00, 14 March 2019

Where: B214, Zhenhua Building